Chapter 114: Rushing the Pass
Gu Shenwei sat up and drew his sword from its sheath, but there was no enemy in front of him.
One night had passed, and the early morning sun shone on the bodies of two black-robed men, their hoods had been removed, both women, one of whom had an arrow in his mouth and his eyes wide open, and the other had a knife in his left rib, and blood was flowing all over the ground.
The wild horse and the white camel were wounded in the chest, and they had bandaged properly, and they stood opposite Huan Nu, looking at him, their eyes were unfathomable, and they were unharmed, standing a little farther away, with their backs to the three people, holding arrows and longbows, and looking at the enemy sentry.
A little farther on the other side, Fang Wen was squatting on the ground with his stomach covered, like abdominal pain, and like stool, seeing the young killer wake up, he squeezed out a smile, and he didn't think that this seemingly old teenager was even less timid than himself.
Gu Shenwei was so ashamed that he fainted at the most critical moment.
Putting away the narrow knife, Gu Shen didn't say anything, he knew that from now on, his status in the hearts of the three brown belt killers would be greatly reduced, which would bury many disasters, and he had to prove his strength again as soon as possible.
The black-robed guest's assassination skills were slightly inferior to those of the brown belt killer, which was the only good news Gu Shenwei received.
When the sun was rising, the team behind them caught up, and they were not attacked, but the corpses they saw along the way made them very uneasy, so they traveled day and night, and did not lag too far behind.
However, the swordsman behind the palace brought news, and the bandits who followed the brigade for dozens of miles behind, there were two or three hundred people, and they were only a day's journey away from this place.
Although Shangguan Ru was tired, when he heard that there were pursuers behind him and that there were people blocking the road in front of him, he was about to fight immediately, but everyone was exhausted, and several people who had the right to decide gathered in a tent.
Gu Shenwei decided that it would be better to take a break, Qing Nu would only ask "what to do" one by one in a daze, and the flag killer didn't say anything, and as soon as Meng Mingshi came in, he asked all the Meng family swordsmen to protect him in the future.
Gu Shenwei first talked about the harvest that he had run ahead in the past two days, and finally said, "This group of people wants people, and they can't look down on our money." ”
As soon as he heard this, Meng Wugongzi's face immediately turned white, and he pointed at Shangguan Ru, "Needless to say, the bandits definitely want the two of us." ”
Gu Shenwei shook his head, "The tenth prince went out secretly, few people knew, what they wanted was you, the most favored son of the Meng family, kidnapping you, the bandits could sit on the ground and ask for a price." ”
Gu Shenwei lied, his main target for protection was Shangguan Ru, as long as she could be sent back to Jinpeng Castle safely, everyone else could be abandoned, if the truth was told, the Meng family's men and horses would probably immediately draw a line, leave them behind and flee.
Meng Mingshi's eyes turned red, "Ah, you have to protect me, isn't Jinpeng Fort known as the leader of the bandits in the Western Regions? As soon as the Jinpeng Banner arrived, the bandits fled, why was it not good?"
The title of "bandit leader" made several people present quite dissatisfied, Shangguan Ru held the knife with a cold face, and pointed at Meng Mingshi, "Jinpeng Fort is the bandit leader? ”
Meng Mingshi hid behind Qing Nu and didn't dare to squeak, and the flag killer said, "Of course Jinpeng Fort is not the leader of the bandits, but now this thing is too strange, how many years, occasionally people disrespect the Jinpeng Banner, but there have never been hundreds of bandits who intercepted it with great fanfare." ”
"Those bandits are all driven by people, and the commanders behind them are those black-robed women. ”
The Flag Killer pondered for a while, "Black robe, woman, finger with steel thorns, I have never heard of such a sect in the Western Regions, and I have never heard of such a person in the bandits." ”
The origin of the enemy could not be guessed, several people discussed the plan to retreat from the enemy, Gu Shenwei wanted to rush out of the pass, Qingnu and Meng Wugongzi immediately opposed, the two would rather go to the desert than face to face with hundreds of bandits, especially when they heard that they wanted to let their own swordsmen rush to the front, Meng Mingshi was a hundred unwilling, Shangguan Rushang had long been looking forward to a big battle, she became a supporter of Huan Nu, and pulled out her sword to force everyone else to agree.
The third child was called in to introduce the topography of the mountain pass in front of him, and rushed through the antler fence, which was a gentle uphill, more than half a mile long, and then a steep downhill, and he could quickly ride a horse to the end, and then a horse would be flat, and the horse would be whipped quickly, and at most one day would be able to enter the warning range of the Iron Mountain.
Gu Shenwei suggested that he throw away the gifts and move forward lightly, the Qing slave refused to live or die, he had to take full responsibility for these treasures, and he did not want to throw them to the bandits.
The plan was almost agreed, and the flag killer made a mistake and even suggested that Shangguan Ru stay with Qingnu and Meng Wugongzi and not rush to the front.
The flag killer may be experienced in killing, but dealing with a "little boy" like Shangguan Ru who is eager to show his strength is a complete layman, Gu Shenwei originally planned to exaggerate the importance of Yahuan Xiaosui a little, so that Shangguan Ru willingly stayed behind, but as a result, the flag killer did bad things with good intentions, and Shangguan Ru insisted on performing the same task with the brown belt killers, and no one persuaded him.
At dusk, the Flag Killer explained the plan to everyone.
Twenty-five swordsmen of the Meng family, together with fourteen able-bodied handymen, rode and charged, without stopping, not turning around before rushing to the plain, and the five brown belt killers and the two sons of the Shangguan family followed closely behind, and after entering the enemy camp, they took advantage of the chaos to kill people, so that the camels in the packs and others could pass smoothly.
The Flag Killer himself and two other Meng family swordsmen protect Meng Wugongzi, Qingnu and Yahuan Xiaosui.
The third son and a few camel drivers guarded the camels.
The handymen threw away everything they had with them and rode them all, leaving them all to protect themselves.
The time of rushing is set for the second watch, and if it is too late, the pursuers behind will also arrive.
Killers are not suitable for charging, but assassination takes time, and once the enemies converge, a few killers can't kill them.
Gu Shenwei transferred the camel driver who was dedicated to protecting Shangguan Ru to the killer team, claiming that he was a helper sent by Jinpeng Fort to secretly assist him, without any suspicion, Shangguan Ru had no idea that this unattractive camel driver was related to him, and he kept laughing when he saw his awkward posture of holding the knife.
At that time, the scene was a little chaotic, the swordsmen were hired for money, and they were reluctant to rush to the front when they heard that they were going to rush to the front, and in the end, it was Meng Wugongzi who came forward in person, promising to double the salary after rushing to keep this group of people.
The handymen were in mourning, snatching the sturdy-looking livestock.
Gu Shenwei originally thought that this plan could be kept a little secret, but it seemed that it had failed, and Fang Wen called them a "rabble", and it was true.
Fang Wen was leading the horse given to him by Gu Shenwei, squeezing through the crowd, and asked the young leader for help, "Little hero, do you think you want to match me with a swordsman? The strategists should protect the idea I came up with for you, right?"
"Follow me. Gu Shenwei said that he still had a few words to ask this person, but now was not the time, "If I kill someone, they won't kill you." ”
Fang Wen smiled wryly, he had already heard something similar once, but the young man suddenly fainted, he was really not convinced by his killing skills, but when he thought that several of the companions of the "little hero" were masters, he made up his mind to follow him every step of the way.
Gu Shenwei finally said a few words privately with the lotus girl before rushing through the pass, and the experience of going mad last night reminded him of an important thing, "Qiancheng can't suppress and kill people**, you must see blood when you come out of the knife, otherwise, you may faint." ”
The lotus girl knew what it meant to "faint", "I've always had bad feelings in the past two days, and it seems that I can't hide it tonight." ”
Gu Shenwei nodded, tonight is a scuffle, don't worry too much about the leakage of the swordsmanship, unfortunately, since the secret was discovered by the killer Liu Xuan, the two threw away the polished narrow knife, and now they only have an ordinary narrow knife in their hands, and the power is slightly reduced.
It was a well-planned but poorly executed storm, and the swordsmen were half-hearted, and seven or eight of them ran away at the beginning of the charge, and they fled on horseback to the desert side, unaware that there might be a bigger trap there.
More than half of the remaining swordsmen were killed or wounded in front of the antler fence, and those who rushed through were quickly trapped in the enemy camp and unable to get out of the trap, until the killer team behind arrived and turned the tide around.
Gu Shenwei had already confessed, and the eight killers picked out the strangely shaped black-robed woman to attack, and the other bandits were all bandits, and they ran away a lot when the situation was not right.
In the dark night, no one can help others, just kill yourself, Gu Shenwei The murderous aura accumulated in his body was finally released, the enemy was just a black shadow, but he could accurately find the position of his neck, even he was surprised.
He didn't know how many people he had killed, and it wasn't until someone kept urging him to hurry away that he found a random horse in the enemy camp and rushed up the mountain road.
There were not many people before and after, Gu Shenwei was a little worried that his own losses would be too large, in case Shangguan Ru died behind, he could only abandon the sword and surrender, and simply join the side of the black-robed woman.
Before he ran to the top of the slope, Gu Shenwei's heart sank, the red light in the distance in front of him swayed, obviously someone was setting fire, there were many people gathered on the top of the slope, and Meng Wugongzi's heart-rending cry could be heard clearly.
The enemy was well arranged.
The exit at the bottom of the steep slope was blazing with flames, and the enemies behind them had regrouped and blocked the entrance.
The first thing Gu Shenwei did was to look for Shangguan Ru, seeing that she was fine, he put his mind at ease, and then counted the number of people, and found that the loss was huge, there were less than ten swordsmen left, and most of the miscellaneous servants did not rush over, Qingnu and Meng Wugongzi were fine, but they were frightened, and they couldn't drag them up while sitting on the ground.
Miraculously drove ten camels up to the top of the slope.
Fang Wen is very smart, he didn't follow the "little hero" to kill people in the camp, he had already run up, and was comforting the soulless Yahuan Xiaosui.
Meng Mingshi's own swordsman was not much left, and his attitude towards Huan Nu immediately changed greatly, pulling his arm, and kept saying, "You have to protect me."
If there was an enemy on the other side of the fire, Gu Shenwei didn't know what to do, he had experienced many life and death crises, and none of them were so passive, except to rush forward vigorously, there was almost no choice.
Gu Shen ordered Downsan'er to open a wooden box, which contained many refined weapons, all of which were gifts for the big-headed god, and he had to prepare for the enemy's charge.
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